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On the evening of August 23rd, Beijing time, "Go Saint" Nie Weiping talked about the Chinese men's football team in an interview. Nie Weiping bluntly said that Chinese football is now unable to beat Thailand and Vietnam, and has fallen to an unimaginable level. He also suggested that the national team players should learn Go and improve their little skills.

Nie Weiping also recalled the peak of the Chinese men's football team: "The national team that Rong Zhixing played for was the closest to the World Cup, and it was even said that it had already qualified, but Saudi Arabia deliberately set up a trap and deliberately lost to New Zealand by 5 goals in the capital Riyadh. At that time, Chinese football was not as strong as it is now, at least it would not have suffered a crushing defeat to Thailand at home. We had such good players back then, such as Liu Life, Shen Xiangfu, Gu Guangming, etc., and the national team that year actually had great hope. I watched many of their wonderful games at that time, and I am intoxicated just thinking about it."

When asked what advice he had for the current Chinese men's football team, Nie Weiping said that the national men's football team should learn more about Go: "There are many principles in Go that can guide football players if they understand Go, such as the overall view of Go. If our athletes can look up and see the entire field, their skills will be several levels higher. Today's players always keep their heads down, so I have always suggested that Chinese football should learn Go well."

Born in 1952, Nie Weiping is now 72 years old. Nicknamed "Go Saint", he is also a die-hard football fan. When the Chinese national football team entered the Korea-Japan World Cup, Nie Weiping gave a bottle of Moutai liquor that had been produced for more than 70 years to the national team, fulfilling his long-cherished wish.

But as the Chinese national football team has been getting worse and worse over the years, he has changed from encouraging the national football team to scolding it, and even mocking it for not fighting hard. He even vowed to never watch the national football team again in his life. Obviously, the Chinese men's football team has not only disappointed the majority of fans in recent years, but even the "chess saint" has given up on it.